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Condition:Hardcover Green boards with gilt title to spine, rubbing to spine & corners, Map to fr.eprs, small bookstore sticker to fr.paste-down, no inscriptions, slight foxing & age-toning to eprs & page edges, CLEAN & TIGHT in GOOD CONDITION, without dustjacket.

Description: Twelve Hundred Miles of Coral - Varieties of Coral - Florwers of the Reef - Sea-stars, Sea-Urchins, and Beche-de-mer - The Turtles Come Ashore and much more.
THE GREAT BARRIER REEF of AUSTRALIA IS ONE OF THE GREAT NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD

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Book Id: 02anf01047

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Title: MAMRE - Place of Promise - The Story of Pioneers of Land and Spirit on Samuel Marsden's South Creek Farm

Condition:Green cloth-bound hardcover with rubbing to spine & corners, no inscriptions, CLEAN & TIGHT in GOOD CONDITION, in an unclipped GOOD DUSTJACKET with rubbing and edgewear in a clear plastic protective covering.

Description: This book describes the life of early Sydney in extracts from a varied collection of letters, journals, books, documents and despatches, skilfully arranged in the form of a diary.
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Book Id: 02anf01043

Price: $13.45

Title: ABORIGINAL STUDIES - WHY WEREN'T WE TOLD? Australian Aborigin
A PERSONAL SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR HISTORY

Author: Professor Henry Reynolds (born 1 March 1938) is an eminent Australian historian whose primary work has focused on the frontier conflict.

Condition:Illustrated softcover with title to spine & frcvr, minimal edgewear, no inscriptions, CLEAN & TIGHT in GOOD CONDITION

Description: In many books and numerous academic articles Henry Reynolds has researched and explained what he sees as the high level of violence and conflict involved in the colonisation of Australia, and the aboriginal resistance that resulted in numerous massacres.

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Book Id: 02anf01040

Price: $16.15

Title: ABORIGINAL STUDIES - HISTORY - The Law of the Land by Henry Reynolds 1992 2nd Revised Edition Aboriginal

Author: Professor Henry Reynolds (born 1 March 1938), who is an eminent Australian historian whose primary work has focused on the frontier conflict.

Condition:Stiff card-bound softcover, title to spine and illustrated front cover, STRAIGHT, CLEAN & TIGHT in VERY GOOD CONDITION, with minimal wear. 'The most important book yet written concerning the Aborigines basic rights to land". Bob Dixon (Canberra Times)

Description: Who was in Possession ?
By What Tenure ?
Reconnaissance & Re-Assesment
The First Land Rights Movement.
Land Rights Frustrated 1834-38
Land Rights recognition 1838-48
Land Rights Then & Now.
Conclusion
MABO

Condition:Dark blue cloth-bound hardcover, gilt title to spine, rubbing to spine & corners, no inscriptions, CLEAN & TIGHT in GOOD CONDITION, slight foxing to eprs, old tape marks to eprs, in an unclipped GOOD DUSTJACKET with slight foxing to inside & edgewear.

Title: Architects of QUEENSLAND up to 1940 directory by Watson & McKay RARE University of Queensland Press 1984 Aust History

Author: by Donald Watson and Judith McKay of The University of Queensland - Fryer Memorial Library No. 5 - University of Queensland Press HARD TO FIND

Publisher: Published by University of Queensland Library, 1984, FIRST EDITION, softcover 8vo without dj, 5 sections, illustrations, 236pp., index.

Condition:Card-bound softcover with title to spine & illustrated front cover, STRAIGHT, TIGHT and CLEAN in VERY GOOD CONDITION with an inscriptions dedicated to the Architect who is listed on page 145.

Description: Sources consulted
Entries on Architects and Architectural firms in Queensland (approx 200 pages)
Maps
Index of country towns.
Reproductions of business cards and old newspaper advts.
From Addison & Hassall to H.L.Zouch

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Book Id: 02anf01028

Price: $14.60

Title: VIENNA & Viennese in Australia 1938-1988 STRAUSS to MATILDA Published by the Wenkart Foundation 1988 FIRST EDITION

Condition:Illustrated softcover with title to spine & frcvr, very slight rubbing to spine & corners, no inscriptions, CLEAN & TIGHT in GOOD CONDITION, with minor foxing to outside page edges. A CRISP COPY.

Description: This book commemorates the experiences of Viennese immigrants who came to Australia as a result of the takeover of Austria by Hitler in March 1938.
Their memoirs also convey the influence the Australian way of life has had on them over the past 50 years

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Book Id: 02anf01009

Price: $29.80

Title: ABORIGINES - A Bridge Over Time by Thornell 1986 FIRST EDITION ABORIGINAL ARNHEMLAND 1938 to 1944 Yirrkala Mission

Condition:Black cloth-bound hardcover with bright silver title to spine, minimal edgewear, no inscriptions, CLEAN & TIGHT in VERY GOOD CONDITION, in an unclipped GOOD DUSTJACKET with slight edgewear.

Description: An inside account of Aboriginal society, Thornell joined the Methodist Mission at Yirrkala in northern Australia in 1938 as an eager, young agriculturalist - he was also called on to serve as doctor, dentist, mechanic, peacemaker & coast watcher in WW2

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Book Id: 02anf01005

Price: $22.60

Title: ABORIGINE - WAR of the WARRAMULLAS by Terry 1974 FIRST EDITION CENTRAL AUSTRALIA in the 1920s and 1930s ABORIGINAL

Condition:Red cloth-bound hardcover with white title to spine, very slight rubbing to spine & corners, no inscriptions, CLEAN & TIGHT in VERY GOOD CONDITION, in an unclipped GOOD DUSTJACKET in a clear plastic protective covering.

Description: Michael Terry adds to our knowledge of recent Australian exploration. On one level it is a thrilling adventure story, on another it is a detailed exposition of the bushcraft of the Aborigines. The Warramullas were the last to battle on in the 1920s.